Five leading experts will be featured in a special half-day symposium on state-of-the-art obesity management in women at the 15th Annual Congress on Women?s Health, June 2-5, 2007, Hilton Head, SC at the Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort.
Some of the hospitals in the UK are planning to outsource medical secretarial work to India, a media report said.
Intravenous delivery of an approved clot-busting drug remains the most beneficial proven intervention for ischemic stroke, according to updated American Heart Association/American Stroke Association guidelines published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
New, updated guidelines for esophageal reflux testing appear in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. Developed and approved by the American College of Gastroenterology, these guidelines summarize advances in gastroesophageal reflux disease diagnostic testing and how they have modified the clinical management of esophageal disorders.
The distribution of Australian relief is well underway following the arrival of the first C130 aircraft at Munda airport in Solomon Islands late yesterday.
In the first published nationwide survey of state Medicaid programs on “pay-for-performance” practices, more than half of all programs state that they provide financial incentives to health care providers for better quality care.
Holding eye contact, or “gaze,” with hysterical citizens is one of the most effective methods police officers can use to calm them down, according to new research conducted by the University of New Hampshire that relies on footage of the FOX TV show “COPS.”
The UK Department of Health announced ?45m in funding for 29 important and substantial research programmes as part of the National Institute for Health Research into areas such as mental health, medicines for children, diabetes, stroke, and dementias, neurodegenerative diseases and neurology.
A progress report published by the National Institute for Mental Health in England shows that good progress is being made towards meeting the Government target to reduce suicide by 20 per cent by 2010, but more can be done to bring down the suicide rate further.
With 59% of Canadian adults being overweight and 23% being obese, plus the disturbing increase in childhood obesity, it is clear that obesity is a major individual and public health issue in Canada.